Schoolmaster

n.	1.	The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school. Let the soldier be abroad if he will; he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage abroad, - a person less imposing, - in the eyes of some, perhaps, insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad; and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array. - Brougham.
	2.	One who, or that which, disciplines and directs. The law was our schoolmaster, to bring us unto Christ. - Gal. iii. 24.

Noun	1.	schoolmaster - presiding officer of a school Synonyms: headmaster, master
	2.	schoolmaster - any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
	3.	schoolmaster - food fish of warm Caribbean and Atlantic waters Synonyms: Lutjanus apodus

SCHOOLMASTER. One employed in teaching a school.
     2. A schoolmaster stands in loco parentis in relation to the pupils committed to his charge, while they are under his care, so far as to enforce obedience to his, commands, lawfully given in his capacity of school-master, and he may therefore enforce them by moderate correction. Com. Dig. Pleader, 3 M 19; Hawk. c. 60, sect. 23. Vide Correction.
     3. The schoolmaster is justly entitled to be paid for his important and arduous services by those who employ him. See 1 Bing. R. 357 8 Moore's Rep. 368. His duties are to teach his pupils what he has undertaken, and to have a special care over their morals. See 1 Stark. R. 421.

abecedarian, certified teacher, docent, doctor, dominie, don, educationist, educator, fellow, guide, guru, instructor, maestro, master, melamed, mentor, mullah, pandit, pedagogist, pedagogue, preceptor, professor, pundit, rabbi, schoolkeeper, schoolteacher, starets, teacher